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Police arrested and charged him with possession of a firearm on July 26, 2017 and he pleaded guilty to the charge at Swindon Crown Court on August 24, 2017.

On Thursday (March 15), at the same court, Wright was sentenced to six years and three months in jail.

Rashuan Wright had hidden the gun and live ammunition in a hold-all in a bush, 30 feet from his home (Image: Metropolitan Police)

Detective Sergeant Mark Attridge, from the Trident investigation team, said: "Rashuan Wright is a young man who has decided that firearm possession and criminality was the preferred option to live his life.

"Unfortunately for him, this is the type of gang criminality that Trident officers pursue on a daily basis in order to remove firearms from the streets of London and make communities safer.

"Wright will now have time to reflect on those choices whilst he serves out his sentence."

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